Sinai & The Law

When folded double, the breastplate was square -doubled, it was a hand-span by a hand-span.

They put on it four rows of stones: the first row was a carnelian, a topaz and an emerald;

the second row a green feldspar, a sapphire and a diamond;

the third row an orange zircon, an agate and an amethyst;

and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx and a jasper. They were mounted in settings of gold.

The stones corresponded to the names of the twelve sons of Isra'el; they were engraved with their names as a seal would be engraved, each name representing one of the twelve tribes.

On the breastplate they made two pure gold chains, twisted like cords.

Also for the breastplate they made two settings of gold and two gold rings, and they put the two rings at the two ends of the breastplate.

They put the two twisted gold chains in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate

and attached the other two ends of the twisted chains to the front of the shoulder-pieces of the ritual vest.

They also made two gold rings and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, at its edge, on the side facing in toward the vest.

Also they made two gold rings and attached them low on the front part of the vest's shoulder-pieces, near the join, above the vest's decorated belt.

Then they bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the vest with a blue cord, so that it could be on the vest's decorated belt, and so that the breastplate would not swing loose from the vest -as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.

He made the robe for the ritual vest; it was woven entirely of blue,

with its opening in the middle, like that of a coat of mail, and with a border around the opening, so that it wouldn't tear.

On the bottom hem they made pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet, and woven linen;

and they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates all the way around the hem of the robe - between the pomegranates,

that is, bell, pomegranate, bell, pomegranate, all the way around the hem of the robe for service - as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.

They made the tunics of finely woven linen for Aharon and his sons,

the turban of fine linen, the splendid headgear of fine linen, the linen shorts,

and the sash of finely woven linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, the work of a weaver in colors - as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.

They made the ornament for the holy turban of pure gold; wrote on it the words, "Set apart for ADONAI," like the engraving on a seal;

and tied a blue cord on it to fasten it to the front of the turban - as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.

Thus all the work for the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was finished, with the people of Isra'el doing everything exactly as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.

Then they brought the tabernacle to Moshe -the tent and all its furnishings, clasps, planks, crossbars, posts and sockets;